Language and Composition: The Art of Voice (Muller and Whiting)Chapter 8:
Government, Politics, & Social Justice: How Do We Decide What Is Fair?Context LinksTHOMAS JEFFERSON, The Declaration of Independence Context Links Here is Jefferson’s account of writing the Declaration of Independence.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/account/index.htm This timeline chronicles the making of the Declaration of Independence. Are you surprised at how quickly the document was assembled?
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/timeline.htm
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., I Have a Dream Context Links Click to watch a video of “I Have a Dream.” Try to read along if you can. What differs in your reading and Dr. King's? What do you make of the emphasis he places on certain words? What makes him a great speaker?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs LIFE magazine has a photo gallery of the day of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Read the description and view the photos.
http://life.time.com/history/the-march-on-washington-1963-rare-and-classic-photos/#1
MOLLY IVINS, Is Texas America? Context Links Check out this page on Texas politics, especially the links on the political culture.
http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/index.html
ESTHER DYSON, Cyberspace: If You Don’t Love It, Leave It Context Links Here is a more recent piece from Dyson that touches on some of the same themes as the essay.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-dyson/the-stream-series-2012-re_b_1922446.html This Web site is for an advocacy group. Explore the site and write a summary of why the group exists.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/sti-home
BARBARA EHRENREICH, Nickel and Dimed Context Links To contrast Ehrenreich’s experience, Adam Shepard conducted a similar experiment. Read about it here and reflect on why their results were different.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2008/0211/p13s02-wmgn.html The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides some statistics about workers who make minimum wage.
http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2011.htm
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